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  • R RoswellNX

    I'm always using several browsers at once to test my client-side code and making sure it renders the same way in each - and i'm assuming those of you currently working on web-based projects do as well. So after a while i switched to FF for things like research and finally just didn't bother using IE for anything other than work. ----------------- Mine: 1) The combination of tabs and comfortable UI, something between IE 6 and IE 7, but with the best of both worlds. 2) Ability to view the DOM source of a selection, even on a basic installation, something IE can't do. Especially useful when you are working with JavaScript/DHTML and looking for rendering bugs or just need a quick way understand code that someone else has written, esp. with OO JavaScript. 3) The Firebug plugin 4) The auto-save feature, especially useful now with the random reboot problem Roswell:)

    "Angelinos -- excuse me. There will be civility today."
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    City Mayor, Los Angeles, CA

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    I love the Web Developer option on the right-click context menu, I love the "Save Session" feature, I love the ability to download so many plug ins, extensions and themes, I love the spell-checker right in the browser as I type. I started using it for the Tabbed Browsing before IE decided it implement it, plus the UI is much easier to use/interact with. The only thing I don't like is that I can't get CSS to render the same in FF as I can in IE no matter how hard I try. Case in point, right now I am working on re-doing a website for a company. I'm doing it with CSS and DIV's only (no tables allowed) and when I get a page to look wonderful in IE I preview it in FF and it's nowhere close. So I work and work and finally get it fin in FF then it's broke in IE. It's a never ending cycle. But all in all, I wouldn't leave FF for IE under any circumstances.

    "Okay, I give up: which is NOT a real programming language????" Michael Bergman

    "Well yes, it is an Integer, but it's a metrosexual Integer. For all we know, under all that hair gel it could be a Boolean." Tom Welch

    "Let's face it, the average computer user has the brain of a Spider Monkey." Bill Gates

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    • R RoswellNX

      I'm always using several browsers at once to test my client-side code and making sure it renders the same way in each - and i'm assuming those of you currently working on web-based projects do as well. So after a while i switched to FF for things like research and finally just didn't bother using IE for anything other than work. ----------------- Mine: 1) The combination of tabs and comfortable UI, something between IE 6 and IE 7, but with the best of both worlds. 2) Ability to view the DOM source of a selection, even on a basic installation, something IE can't do. Especially useful when you are working with JavaScript/DHTML and looking for rendering bugs or just need a quick way understand code that someone else has written, esp. with OO JavaScript. 3) The Firebug plugin 4) The auto-save feature, especially useful now with the random reboot problem Roswell:)

      "Angelinos -- excuse me. There will be civility today."
      Antonio VillaRaigosa
      City Mayor, Los Angeles, CA

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      Phil Martin
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      Can we do least favourite? I've got a bunch of those! The error console would be the only big positive one for me. - Phil

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      • R RoswellNX

        I'm always using several browsers at once to test my client-side code and making sure it renders the same way in each - and i'm assuming those of you currently working on web-based projects do as well. So after a while i switched to FF for things like research and finally just didn't bother using IE for anything other than work. ----------------- Mine: 1) The combination of tabs and comfortable UI, something between IE 6 and IE 7, but with the best of both worlds. 2) Ability to view the DOM source of a selection, even on a basic installation, something IE can't do. Especially useful when you are working with JavaScript/DHTML and looking for rendering bugs or just need a quick way understand code that someone else has written, esp. with OO JavaScript. 3) The Firebug plugin 4) The auto-save feature, especially useful now with the random reboot problem Roswell:)

        "Angelinos -- excuse me. There will be civility today."
        Antonio VillaRaigosa
        City Mayor, Los Angeles, CA

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        The extension system is kind of cool in an objective programmer point of view though I have no real use for any of the extensions, other than that I see no real differences of any kind that matter to be honest.


        "110%" - it's the new 70%

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        • R RoswellNX

          I'm always using several browsers at once to test my client-side code and making sure it renders the same way in each - and i'm assuming those of you currently working on web-based projects do as well. So after a while i switched to FF for things like research and finally just didn't bother using IE for anything other than work. ----------------- Mine: 1) The combination of tabs and comfortable UI, something between IE 6 and IE 7, but with the best of both worlds. 2) Ability to view the DOM source of a selection, even on a basic installation, something IE can't do. Especially useful when you are working with JavaScript/DHTML and looking for rendering bugs or just need a quick way understand code that someone else has written, esp. with OO JavaScript. 3) The Firebug plugin 4) The auto-save feature, especially useful now with the random reboot problem Roswell:)

          "Angelinos -- excuse me. There will be civility today."
          Antonio VillaRaigosa
          City Mayor, Los Angeles, CA

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          Sathesh Sakthivel
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          Firebug.

          Regards, Satips.:rose:

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          • R RoswellNX

            I'm always using several browsers at once to test my client-side code and making sure it renders the same way in each - and i'm assuming those of you currently working on web-based projects do as well. So after a while i switched to FF for things like research and finally just didn't bother using IE for anything other than work. ----------------- Mine: 1) The combination of tabs and comfortable UI, something between IE 6 and IE 7, but with the best of both worlds. 2) Ability to view the DOM source of a selection, even on a basic installation, something IE can't do. Especially useful when you are working with JavaScript/DHTML and looking for rendering bugs or just need a quick way understand code that someone else has written, esp. with OO JavaScript. 3) The Firebug plugin 4) The auto-save feature, especially useful now with the random reboot problem Roswell:)

            "Angelinos -- excuse me. There will be civility today."
            Antonio VillaRaigosa
            City Mayor, Los Angeles, CA

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            Stuart Dootson
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            CPhog[^] - thanks to Shog9 and David Stone..oh, and Greasemonkey! Apart from that, the extensions, in general, are the best thing about it. My least favourite feature is the performance...or lack of it. I really, really want to run Firefox all over, but it's just too slow starting up to use it on my iBook - it's got a 1.42GHz G4 PowerPC processor that just can't quite get Firefox started quickly enough. I use Camino (mostly) or Safari (when I need a recognised browser) instead.

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            • R RoswellNX

              I'm always using several browsers at once to test my client-side code and making sure it renders the same way in each - and i'm assuming those of you currently working on web-based projects do as well. So after a while i switched to FF for things like research and finally just didn't bother using IE for anything other than work. ----------------- Mine: 1) The combination of tabs and comfortable UI, something between IE 6 and IE 7, but with the best of both worlds. 2) Ability to view the DOM source of a selection, even on a basic installation, something IE can't do. Especially useful when you are working with JavaScript/DHTML and looking for rendering bugs or just need a quick way understand code that someone else has written, esp. with OO JavaScript. 3) The Firebug plugin 4) The auto-save feature, especially useful now with the random reboot problem Roswell:)

              "Angelinos -- excuse me. There will be civility today."
              Antonio VillaRaigosa
              City Mayor, Los Angeles, CA

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              rockonedge
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              ctr + F, with instant match

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              • R RoswellNX

                I'm always using several browsers at once to test my client-side code and making sure it renders the same way in each - and i'm assuming those of you currently working on web-based projects do as well. So after a while i switched to FF for things like research and finally just didn't bother using IE for anything other than work. ----------------- Mine: 1) The combination of tabs and comfortable UI, something between IE 6 and IE 7, but with the best of both worlds. 2) Ability to view the DOM source of a selection, even on a basic installation, something IE can't do. Especially useful when you are working with JavaScript/DHTML and looking for rendering bugs or just need a quick way understand code that someone else has written, esp. with OO JavaScript. 3) The Firebug plugin 4) The auto-save feature, especially useful now with the random reboot problem Roswell:)

                "Angelinos -- excuse me. There will be civility today."
                Antonio VillaRaigosa
                City Mayor, Los Angeles, CA

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                WillemM
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                1. The search feature (I know IE7 has this too) 2. Firebug plugin 3. Javascript window (Good to see if there are errors in your script) 4. Downloads manager

                WM. What about weapons of mass-construction? "What? Its an Apple MacBook Pro. They are sexy!" - Paul Watson

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                • R RoswellNX

                  I'm always using several browsers at once to test my client-side code and making sure it renders the same way in each - and i'm assuming those of you currently working on web-based projects do as well. So after a while i switched to FF for things like research and finally just didn't bother using IE for anything other than work. ----------------- Mine: 1) The combination of tabs and comfortable UI, something between IE 6 and IE 7, but with the best of both worlds. 2) Ability to view the DOM source of a selection, even on a basic installation, something IE can't do. Especially useful when you are working with JavaScript/DHTML and looking for rendering bugs or just need a quick way understand code that someone else has written, esp. with OO JavaScript. 3) The Firebug plugin 4) The auto-save feature, especially useful now with the random reboot problem Roswell:)

                  "Angelinos -- excuse me. There will be civility today."
                  Antonio VillaRaigosa
                  City Mayor, Los Angeles, CA

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                  newmodel
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                  I've recently found Showcase plugin - so useful if you open loads of tabs like I do!

                  Przemek http://cafesuite.net

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                  • R RoswellNX

                    I'm always using several browsers at once to test my client-side code and making sure it renders the same way in each - and i'm assuming those of you currently working on web-based projects do as well. So after a while i switched to FF for things like research and finally just didn't bother using IE for anything other than work. ----------------- Mine: 1) The combination of tabs and comfortable UI, something between IE 6 and IE 7, but with the best of both worlds. 2) Ability to view the DOM source of a selection, even on a basic installation, something IE can't do. Especially useful when you are working with JavaScript/DHTML and looking for rendering bugs or just need a quick way understand code that someone else has written, esp. with OO JavaScript. 3) The Firebug plugin 4) The auto-save feature, especially useful now with the random reboot problem Roswell:)

                    "Angelinos -- excuse me. There will be civility today."
                    Antonio VillaRaigosa
                    City Mayor, Los Angeles, CA

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                    dawievn
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                    Bookmarks on the bookmarks toolbar. Google desktop search.

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                    • P Psycho Coder Extreme

                      I love the Web Developer option on the right-click context menu, I love the "Save Session" feature, I love the ability to download so many plug ins, extensions and themes, I love the spell-checker right in the browser as I type. I started using it for the Tabbed Browsing before IE decided it implement it, plus the UI is much easier to use/interact with. The only thing I don't like is that I can't get CSS to render the same in FF as I can in IE no matter how hard I try. Case in point, right now I am working on re-doing a website for a company. I'm doing it with CSS and DIV's only (no tables allowed) and when I get a page to look wonderful in IE I preview it in FF and it's nowhere close. So I work and work and finally get it fin in FF then it's broke in IE. It's a never ending cycle. But all in all, I wouldn't leave FF for IE under any circumstances.

                      "Okay, I give up: which is NOT a real programming language????" Michael Bergman

                      "Well yes, it is an Integer, but it's a metrosexual Integer. For all we know, under all that hair gel it could be a Boolean." Tom Welch

                      "Let's face it, the average computer user has the brain of a Spider Monkey." Bill Gates

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                      Guy Harwood
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                      :doh: sounds like you need a good book on CSS. apress pro css techniques comes highly recommended by me. :)

                      ---Guy H (;-)---

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                      • P Psycho Coder Extreme

                        I love the Web Developer option on the right-click context menu, I love the "Save Session" feature, I love the ability to download so many plug ins, extensions and themes, I love the spell-checker right in the browser as I type. I started using it for the Tabbed Browsing before IE decided it implement it, plus the UI is much easier to use/interact with. The only thing I don't like is that I can't get CSS to render the same in FF as I can in IE no matter how hard I try. Case in point, right now I am working on re-doing a website for a company. I'm doing it with CSS and DIV's only (no tables allowed) and when I get a page to look wonderful in IE I preview it in FF and it's nowhere close. So I work and work and finally get it fin in FF then it's broke in IE. It's a never ending cycle. But all in all, I wouldn't leave FF for IE under any circumstances.

                        "Okay, I give up: which is NOT a real programming language????" Michael Bergman

                        "Well yes, it is an Integer, but it's a metrosexual Integer. For all we know, under all that hair gel it could be a Boolean." Tom Welch

                        "Let's face it, the average computer user has the brain of a Spider Monkey." Bill Gates

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                        Lost User
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                        I have a session saved of all the sites i like to visit in the morning. CNN, BBC, Hotmail, etc. The only thing i have to do when i boot my laptop is open the session and vualaaah..

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                        • R RoswellNX

                          I'm always using several browsers at once to test my client-side code and making sure it renders the same way in each - and i'm assuming those of you currently working on web-based projects do as well. So after a while i switched to FF for things like research and finally just didn't bother using IE for anything other than work. ----------------- Mine: 1) The combination of tabs and comfortable UI, something between IE 6 and IE 7, but with the best of both worlds. 2) Ability to view the DOM source of a selection, even on a basic installation, something IE can't do. Especially useful when you are working with JavaScript/DHTML and looking for rendering bugs or just need a quick way understand code that someone else has written, esp. with OO JavaScript. 3) The Firebug plugin 4) The auto-save feature, especially useful now with the random reboot problem Roswell:)

                          "Angelinos -- excuse me. There will be civility today."
                          Antonio VillaRaigosa
                          City Mayor, Los Angeles, CA

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                          LordXentris
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                          Slim, Tabbed, Safe and Fast. Its Firefox, and not Microsoft. And its FREE.;)

                          A Tech Blog Free MP3 Ringtones

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                          • R RoswellNX

                            I'm always using several browsers at once to test my client-side code and making sure it renders the same way in each - and i'm assuming those of you currently working on web-based projects do as well. So after a while i switched to FF for things like research and finally just didn't bother using IE for anything other than work. ----------------- Mine: 1) The combination of tabs and comfortable UI, something between IE 6 and IE 7, but with the best of both worlds. 2) Ability to view the DOM source of a selection, even on a basic installation, something IE can't do. Especially useful when you are working with JavaScript/DHTML and looking for rendering bugs or just need a quick way understand code that someone else has written, esp. with OO JavaScript. 3) The Firebug plugin 4) The auto-save feature, especially useful now with the random reboot problem Roswell:)

                            "Angelinos -- excuse me. There will be civility today."
                            Antonio VillaRaigosa
                            City Mayor, Los Angeles, CA

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                            NormDroid
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                            Who cares I use IE.

                            .net is a box of never ending treasures, every day I get find another gem.

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                            • R RoswellNX

                              I'm always using several browsers at once to test my client-side code and making sure it renders the same way in each - and i'm assuming those of you currently working on web-based projects do as well. So after a while i switched to FF for things like research and finally just didn't bother using IE for anything other than work. ----------------- Mine: 1) The combination of tabs and comfortable UI, something between IE 6 and IE 7, but with the best of both worlds. 2) Ability to view the DOM source of a selection, even on a basic installation, something IE can't do. Especially useful when you are working with JavaScript/DHTML and looking for rendering bugs or just need a quick way understand code that someone else has written, esp. with OO JavaScript. 3) The Firebug plugin 4) The auto-save feature, especially useful now with the random reboot problem Roswell:)

                              "Angelinos -- excuse me. There will be civility today."
                              Antonio VillaRaigosa
                              City Mayor, Los Angeles, CA

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                              kost BebiX
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                              Web Developer plugin. Stealther. And watching http request-plugin. Calculator. AdBlock plus. http://phpstones.blogspot.com

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                              • C Clickok

                                RoswellNX wrote:

                                What is your favorite feature of Firefox?

                                It isn't Internet Explorer. ;)


                                For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.(John 3:16) :badger:

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                                Njabulo Nxele
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                                Why does everyone hate IE so much? i think its and excellent browser ;)

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                                • R RoswellNX

                                  I'm always using several browsers at once to test my client-side code and making sure it renders the same way in each - and i'm assuming those of you currently working on web-based projects do as well. So after a while i switched to FF for things like research and finally just didn't bother using IE for anything other than work. ----------------- Mine: 1) The combination of tabs and comfortable UI, something between IE 6 and IE 7, but with the best of both worlds. 2) Ability to view the DOM source of a selection, even on a basic installation, something IE can't do. Especially useful when you are working with JavaScript/DHTML and looking for rendering bugs or just need a quick way understand code that someone else has written, esp. with OO JavaScript. 3) The Firebug plugin 4) The auto-save feature, especially useful now with the random reboot problem Roswell:)

                                  "Angelinos -- excuse me. There will be civility today."
                                  Antonio VillaRaigosa
                                  City Mayor, Los Angeles, CA

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                                  Matthew Hazlett
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                                  Firebug

                                  Matthew Hazlett Sometimes I miss the simpler DOS days of Borland Turbo Pascal (but not very often).

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                                  • R RoswellNX

                                    I'm always using several browsers at once to test my client-side code and making sure it renders the same way in each - and i'm assuming those of you currently working on web-based projects do as well. So after a while i switched to FF for things like research and finally just didn't bother using IE for anything other than work. ----------------- Mine: 1) The combination of tabs and comfortable UI, something between IE 6 and IE 7, but with the best of both worlds. 2) Ability to view the DOM source of a selection, even on a basic installation, something IE can't do. Especially useful when you are working with JavaScript/DHTML and looking for rendering bugs or just need a quick way understand code that someone else has written, esp. with OO JavaScript. 3) The Firebug plugin 4) The auto-save feature, especially useful now with the random reboot problem Roswell:)

                                    "Angelinos -- excuse me. There will be civility today."
                                    Antonio VillaRaigosa
                                    City Mayor, Los Angeles, CA

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                                    Woz_a
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                                    I dont like firefox, I dont like IE 7 either, I find both are too cluttered, guess its a case of what you become familiar with, I know one day I will have to upgrade ( or should that be downgrade) to IE7 or an alternative, but I like the stone age way of doing things, at least in this respect.

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                                    • N Njabulo Nxele

                                      Why does everyone hate IE so much? i think its and excellent browser ;)

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                                      ednrgc
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                                      Take your head out of the sand.

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                                      • R RoswellNX

                                        I'm always using several browsers at once to test my client-side code and making sure it renders the same way in each - and i'm assuming those of you currently working on web-based projects do as well. So after a while i switched to FF for things like research and finally just didn't bother using IE for anything other than work. ----------------- Mine: 1) The combination of tabs and comfortable UI, something between IE 6 and IE 7, but with the best of both worlds. 2) Ability to view the DOM source of a selection, even on a basic installation, something IE can't do. Especially useful when you are working with JavaScript/DHTML and looking for rendering bugs or just need a quick way understand code that someone else has written, esp. with OO JavaScript. 3) The Firebug plugin 4) The auto-save feature, especially useful now with the random reboot problem Roswell:)

                                        "Angelinos -- excuse me. There will be civility today."
                                        Antonio VillaRaigosa
                                        City Mayor, Los Angeles, CA

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                                        ednrgc
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                                        My favorite is that it's not tied to the operating system.

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                                        • C Christian Graus

                                          Firebug. And Firebug. also - firebug. I love it.

                                          Christian Graus - Microsoft MVP - C++ Metal Musings - Rex and my new metal blog "I am working on a project that will convert a FORTRAN code to corresponding C++ code.I am not aware of FORTRAN syntax" ( spotted in the C++/CLI forum )

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                                          Rick Seenarine
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                                          Hey Christian, you should try this extension called Firebug.... You'll love it. :laugh:

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